College of Life Sciences [Dundee]

'With more than 1000 staff and research students and external funding in excess of £30 million per year, the College of Life Sciences is one of the largest and most productive research institutes in Europe. Our reputation is genuinely global and is reflected in the fact that researchers in our laboratories represent no fewer than 58 different nationalities.

'Yet Dundee is no ivory tower. Our research is having a major impact on the economy of Tayside by stimulating the regional biotechnology industry which currently accounts for 16% of local jobs. We collaborate with the world’s major pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies in the fight against diseases such as cancer, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. Our Drug Discovery Unit is actively developing drugs for the treatment of neglected tropical diseases including malaria and African sleeping sickness and translating innovative drug targets in oncology, eczema, type-2 diabetes, anti-bacterials and anti-virals. Our Microbiology and Plant Sciences research groups are involved in major environmental issues like the assessment of the occurrence and impacts of toxic blue-green algal blooms in lochs, reservoirs and rivers throughout the world, the development of new bio-fuels and bio-energy generation ...'